August Burns Red have announced that they will be releasing a brand new album this year. The record is called Phantom Anthem and it will officially be released on October 6th, 2017. To celebrate the announcement, the band has also released a new music video for their song “Invisible Enemy.”

With the first new material since 2012’s All We Love We Leave Behind, Converge and NPR have teamed to stream the video for “I Can Tell You About Pain”. The track will be one side of a digital single, partnered with the 7 minute opus “Eve”. Heavy, melodic and resonating stuff.

Europe needs to brace itself: Converge are hitting their shores starting August 18th, after ripping around Stateside. Check the tour dates and the killer video below.

Man, It really is hard to deal with a loss like this. While not punk rock, Linkin Park was one of the most influential alternative bands of the early 2000’s. We are deeply saddened here at Dying Scene to hear Chester Bennington has committed suicide at the age of 41. Law enforcement sources are reporting that the singer hanged himself at a Los Angeles private residence in Palos Verdes Estates. His body was discovered Thursday just before 9 AM.

Linkin Park last released One More Light earlier this year. The album had a different sound from their previous efforts, causing backlash from fans. You can give the track “Heavy” a listen below.

Heavy metal favourites Avenged Sevenfold are streaming their latest track “Dose”. Calling it a “tripped out metal song”, the band’s vocalist M. Shadows had the following to say about the inspiration behind the tune:

The lyrics were inspired by an unsolved mystery that dates back to the 1950s about an airline traveler who, if you believe the story, supposedly fell into our dimension from another. According to reports, he showed up in a Tokyo airport with a passport from a country that didn’t exist anywhere on a map. He was detained for questioning, but mysteriously vanished from a room guarded by immigration officials, taking with him all evidence of his existence. It ties into the theory that there are infinite possibilities of our lives being played out across space and time.

Wovenwar have released a video for “Cascade” today. The video was directed/edited by the band’s own Nick Hipa (guitar). The track is taken from last year’s “Honor Is Dead”, released through Metal Blade Records.

Glenn Danzig will join the annual celebration of all things alternative that is Riot Fest. Performing on the Saturday night, the news is sure to delight fans of the former Misfits legend.

As if that news wasn’t exciting enough, the festival have announced which bands will perform on which days throughout the weekend. All the details about this year’s event can be found over at their official website, or if you just want a quick look at program so far, check the poster below.

Mutoid Man (featuring Ben Koller of Converge and Stephen Brodsky of Cave In) have released a video of their performance of the song “Date With the Devil”, taken from their recent album War Moan, and it can be viewed below.

Progressive metal bandBetween the Buried and Me have announced that they will be celebrating the ten year anniversary of their album Colors with a US tour featuring support from The Contortionist, Polyphia, and Toothgrinder.

Get stoked! Converge are set to begin tracking for their new album. After playing Ritual Festival in Leeds, the four piece hardcore act ventured back home to the US to begin work for new material.

According to a recent instagram post from the band, it looks like the hardcore heavyweights are actively working on a new album. Specifically, they wrote, “Last show of @apmdcult tour today at Ritual Festival in Leeds, then back home to start tracking the new @converge album.” Check it out below for the full instagram post.

Not much more info than that, but we’ll keep you posted as more details surface.

The new album will be the band’s first studio album since 2012’s “All We Love We Leave Behind” released via Epitaph Records.

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Hailing from Lincoln, UK Nieviem is a newer skate punk band that has been tearing it up for a little over a year. Steadily releasing new songs, live recordings, and EPs, the band continues the trend with their second EP The Hope Is There. The EP is fast and heavy, borrowing from hardcore but still strongly entrenched in 90's skate punk. If that sounds up your alley, then give it a listen here.